Artist Feature and Interview
Bogna Woskowicz
(Poland)
"Untitled," Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 110 x 70 cm
"I am an artist who is mostly focused on painting, but also on sculpture and printmaking. I have graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, majoring in painting. The main focus of my works is landscape and its various interpretations. I believe that a painting creates a narrative that cannot be translated or transposed into words; it becomes its own self describing language." |
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"Untitled," Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 120 x 90 cm
🎤Where do you draw inspiration from for your work?🎤
"I draw inspiration from the world that surrounds me and the world that emerges in my mind.
When I create realistic, or even photorealistic landscapes, I am usually interested in depicting a specific kind of beauty - the one hidden in mundanity and triviality, often overlooked or even frowned upon; the second direction would be the works that I often call combined, as their main subject gravitates towards showing my internal world - by merging and juxtaposing objects, memories, fears, thoughts, and dreams and putting them in a landscape that somewhat corresponds to reality and eventually obtaining illusory, dreamy, and illogical pieces.
I believe that I am a person that visualises a lot or rather believes that visual art creates a separate narrative beyond verbalisation or description; I always start with a drawing."
"Untitled," Oil on Canvas, 100 x 90 cm
🎤What has been your biggest challenge working as a professional artist?🎤
"I believe that being a professional artist creates a paradox of freedom - although it seems to be a very casual path, it requires a lot of discipline and brings a lot of uncertainty and rejection - and the latter is, in my opinion, the biggest challenge.
I think that by being persevering, I have become stronger - or at least I have been trying to become."
"Untitled," Oil on Canvas, 80 x 100 cm
🎤Have you ever experimented with other mediums? 🎤
"Yes, painting is the main area of my artistic practice and also the medium that, for some reason, feels as the closest and most natural to me.
However, I adore working with sculpture and printmaking— especially intaglio and lithography— and I plan to continue my
endeavours."
"Sine qua non ," Oil on Canvas, 70 x 100 cm
🎤Do you start with a clear vision when you work,
or does the piece evolve as you begin to create? 🎤
"I do, as I mentioned, I think in pictures, thus I always have a clear vision of my work, but I accept and, very often, welcome evolution - sometimes some alterations happen."
